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Table 3 Prevalence and genotype distribution of E. bieneusi in sheep from different provinces of China

From: Prevalence and genetic diversity of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in sheep in China

Region

Province

No. of specimens

No. positive (%)

95% CI

Genotype (no. of samples)

Central China

Henan

35

0e

0–10.0

 

Eastern China

Anhui

52

6 (11.5)c

4.4–23.4

CHG1 (3), CHG3 (3)

Shandong

122

16 (13.1)c

7.7–20.4

BEB6 (3), CHG1 (11), CHG3 (2)

Shanghai

152

36 (23.7)b

17.2–31.3

BEB6 (35), COS-I (1)

Northern China

Beijing

64

0e

0–5.6

 

Inner Mongolia

102

3 (2.9)de

0.6–8.4

BEB6 (3)

Northeast China

Heilongjiang

60

31 (51. 7)a

38.4–64.8

BEB6 (21), CHS7 (3), CHHLJS1 (3), COS-I (2), CHHLJS2 (2)

Jilin

70

19 (27.1)b

17.2–39.1

BEB6 (19)

Northwest China

Ningxia

121

57 (47.1)a

38.0–56.4

BEB6 (24), CHS8 (32), CHNXS1 (1)

Qinghai

76

7(9.2)cd

3.8–18.1

BEB6 (6), NESH5 (1)

Xinjiang

99

19 (19.2)bc

12.0–28.3

BEB6 (18), CHXJS1 (1)

Total

 

953

194 (20.4)

17.8–23.1

 
  1. Note: Different superscript letters within columns represent significant differences between groups (P < 0.05)